Supreme Court weighs straight woman's reverse discrimination claim

Marlean Ames sued Ohio officials claiming that she was treated unfairly at work because she is straight.

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Supreme Court tackles straight woman’s 'reverse' discrimination case

The Supreme Court will hear the case of Marlean Ames, a straight woman who said she was denied a promotion and demoted in favor of two people who are gay.
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Supreme Court to hear arguments in "reverse discrimination" case

Marlean Ames is seeking to revive her lawsuit alleging her employer engaged in reverse discrimination when she was denied a promotion and then demoted.
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Woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann charged with stalking

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Supreme Court orders new trial for Richard Glossip

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Woman in court over McCann family stalking charges

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Supreme Court unanimously sides with Hungary in Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with Hungary on Friday by rejecting a group of Holocaust survivors’ legal theory that sought to haul the country into American courts to pay compensation. The ...
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Supreme Court Rejects Holocaust Survivors’ Suit Against Hungary

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Supreme Court declines to intervene for now in bid to fire whistleblower office chief

President Trump removed Hampton Dellinger from his position as special counsel on Feb. 7, but a federal judge ordered him to be reinstated for a short period.
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Supreme Court stiffs Trump, punts on firing whistleblower agency head

The Supreme Court stiffed President Trump in his administration’s first high court appeal by punting Friday on a request to greenlight the firing of the head of a whistleblower protection office. ...
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